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Captain 

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Ginger Aboar 
Gee Whiz 


BY 

ISABEL ANDERSON 


With Illustrations by H. BOYLSTON DUMMER 



THE C. M. CLARK PUBLISHING CO. 
BOSTON, MASS. 


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Copyright, 1911 

The C. M. Clark Publishing Company 
Boston, Massachusetts 



GRIFFITH-STILLINGS PRESS 
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 


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Captain Ginger Aboard the 

Gee Whiz 





QAPTAIN GINGER was a little 
boy whose papa owned a big, 
beautiful house-boat called the Gee 
Whiz. It had pretty rooms and broad 
decks, and most exciting engines to 
make it go. 


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Ginger’s papa had promised to take 
him and Auntie Owl-Eyes for a trip 
South on this boat, and they planned 
to go just as soon as the cold weather 
came in the North where Captain 
Ginger lived. 


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H e was so excited over the promised 
trip that he talked of nothing else, till 
everyone in the family had grown 
tired of hearing about it. 

Now Captain Ginger insisted on 
taking with him all his pets. 


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There was the dude dog, Toddles; 
the sniffing raccoon; the little black 
Billygoat; and the dearest little brown 
bear that one could imagine; but the 
most noisy of them all was the green 
Mexican parrot. 


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Ginger’s papa always liked to please 
him, so one night he bundled the pets 
aboard the house-boat, and the next 
morning Auntie Owl-Eyes, Papa, and 
Captain Ginger started South. 


































































They had a delightful voyage, and 
one bright morning in December 
Ginger awoke and peeped out of the 
little window in his cabin, just as the 
sun was rising out of the water like 
a great jack-o’-lantern. 























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He knew they must be in Florida, 
for there were palm trees all along 
the shore that his Auntie Owl-Eyes 
had told him about. 













He had hardly raised his sleepy head 
from the pillow when he heard such 
a racket ! There was every kind of 
noise you can think of. 


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The barking of the dog, the sniffing 
of the raccoon, the bleating of the 
goat, and the growling of the bear, 
besides Polly Squawk’s voice calling 
shrilly, “Gee Whiz! Gee Whiz, but 
this is a fine boat.” 


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Ginger buried his head ’way down 
into his pillow, but it didn’t do any 
good. He had teased his papa to bring 
all his pets on board with him, because 
he was sure they would be lonely 
without him, and if they made the 
most dreadful noises he knew that he 
ought not to mind it. 


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They did not like traveling, even 
on a ho use-boat, and they quarreled 
with one another and with Ginger, 
too, whenever they got a chance. 
With Ginger and all his pets on 
board Father said that Bedlam would 
be a better name for the house-boat 
than Gee Whiz. 


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Th ere were too many captains on 
the boat for one thing, and each 
wanted his own way. There was 
Captain Ginger, Captain Kydd, and 
Captain Brown. 


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Captain Brown, to be sure, did 
not make any trouble; he just stayed 
up in the pilot-house and made the 
big house-boat go up the rivers and 
through the canals properly without 
bumping into the shore or getting 
mixed up in the snaggy places. 


13 




Captain Kydd was different. He 
was a most ob-strep-erous little black 
goat, and not a moment’s peace did 
he give Captain Ginger. 


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Father said that Ginger ought to 
have known better than to want his 
goat brought aboard the Gee Whiz, 
for goats always like to have their own 
way. 


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But Ginger insisted that if all the 
other pets were going Captain Kydd 
would feel lonely at being left on 
shore; so the naughty goat had been 
dragged on board with the other pets. 


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when Ginger went out on deck 
this bright morning he found a pretty 
lively time there. All the animals 
were saying things to one another, 
each in his own language. 


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Polly Squawk, the big green and 
yellow parrot, was mocking them and 
making them very cross. “Cock-a- 
doodle-doo! Meow, meow! 
Bow-wow! Cluck,cluck! Get 
up! ’ she screamed. 


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Father, and Auntie Owl-Eyes with 
her big, shell-rimmed spectacles, came 
tumbling out of their cabins and 
scolded the parrot for waking them 
up so early. 


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Mistress Squawk did not mind this, 
but clung wildly to the top of her 
cage, head down, crying gleefully, 
“Gee Whiz! Gee Whiz! Polly’s a 
naughty girl. Polly’s an old rat! 
Gee Whiz! Gee Whiz!” 


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Then she began to call the animals, 
and such a noise as th ere was! 

“Hello, Captain Kydd! Bah! 
Bah! Hello, Toddles! Bow-wow! 
Bow-wow! Wake up. To ddles! 
Hello, Johnny Harvard ! Hello, you 
haughty bear! 



“Gr-gr-gr! Hello, Coonie Sniff! 
Get up, get up! Sniff! Sniff!” 

When the sailor came arou nd to 
feed them, they quieted down a little. 
It was funny enough to see Johnny 
Harvard, the wee baby bear,grumbling 
and biting his bottle in his wooden box. 


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while Toddles, the little dude of 
a bow-wow, sat up on his hind legs, 
with his coat all buttoned up snug and 
the tiniest handkerchief sticking out 
of his pocket. 

Breakfast was served on deck for 
the first time since they had started. 


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This was a real sea dining-room. The 
pilot house was decorated with long 
pieces of seaweed, and cocoanuts 
carved into fantastic faces, and yellow 
sea fans, and branches of coral, and 
dried starfish. 


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There were old prints, too, of vessels 
of long ago — merchant craft, whaling 
ships, and great four-masters. 

Ginger, in his nightie, all wrapped 
in a big shawl, sat with his pet raccoon 
curled up in his lap. 


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Captain Kydd, having finished his 
regular meal, was now wandering 
about licking the paint ofFthe railing. 
Johnny, the little bear, was crying and 
squealing in his box because he had 
broken his bottle. 


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Auntie Owl-Eyes gave him some 
milk in a saucer, so he stopped his 
noise and began to suck his two front 
paws, after putting them into the dish. 
Such big, soft, furry paws as they were, 
too! 


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Then Coonie Sniff, the raccoon, 
began to nose about for something 
more to eat. Father gave him a piece 
of sugar, and what do you suppose 
Coonie did with it ? 


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He took it gingerly in his little 
damp paws, then jumped down ofF 
Ginger’s lap and dipped the lump into 
a pail of water, just as he did with 
everything that was given him to eat. 


29 







Then he sniffed because he could not 
find it, for it soon melted away. 

“I suppose you prefer a crab or a 
live fish, you little cannibal,” said 
Father. 


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“Father, where did you get Coonie 
Sniff?” asked Ginger. 

“Well,” answered Father, “I was 
out rowing one day among the 
mangrove keys. 


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“They are little islands in Florida, 
you know, covered with trees that 
have roots like a thousand legs — 
and there, sitting on the shore, I saw 
a little furry animal. 

“At first I thought he was a fisher¬ 
man’s cat, but as I drew nearer I saw 
that he was a raccoon. 


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“The little rascal was busy opening 
clams. He didn’t seem a bit afraid 
of me, and I walked right up to him 
and clapped my hat over him without 
any trouble.” 


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“Gee whiz! Gee Whiz!” screamed 
the parrot again. 

“Yes,” answered Father, “this boat 
is well named. It is ‘ Gee Whiz’ from 
morning till night.” 


Toddles wanted more breakfast, so 
he went around to his mistress and 
stood up on his hind legs again and 
wagged his tail furiously. 


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“Auntie, did you bring all Toddle’s 
clothes?” Ginger inquired anxiously. 

“All except his automobile 
goggles,” answered Auntie Owl-Eyes. 


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“He h as his sleeping-basket with its 
pill ows and shawl, his bath-tub, his 
trunk, the white checked coat, the 
little handkerchiefs with his name 
embroidered on them, and his four 
rubber boots. Oh, he is certainly a 
dude bow-wow!” 


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Just then up came Captain Kydd 
and butted the bear, tipped over the 
saucer of milk, kicked up his heels, 
and jumped over the dog, with 
Johnny Harvard after him. 


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Polly Squawk shrieked, “Gee Whiz! 
Gee Whiz! Go it, Cap! Go it!” 
and laughed wildly. The goat was 
just beginning to enjoy himself. 


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He butted into Father’s fishing 
rods and reels, sending gaffs and 
shining spoons all up and down the 
deck; then he made a dash for the 
guns, threw down the rifle, the shot¬ 
gun and all the cartridges. 


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“ Gee Whiz! Gee Whiz! ” cried the 
parrot. 

Father couldn’t stand it any longer. 
“ Let down the launch ! ” he called 
out. “The tide is flood, and I’m off 
fishing. Captain Ginger owns this 
circus — let him take care of it 
himself.” 




“ I’m going, too,” said Auntie Owl- 
Eyes, who had rescued Toddles from 
the water-pail and wrapped him up 
in his blanket. “ Ginger can stay be¬ 
hind and enjoy his pets.” 


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So off they went over the port side, 
singing the Gee Whiz song at the top 
of their voices in which Captain 
Brown joined. 



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“We’re the Buccaneers 

That sail upon the sea, 
Upon the sea. 
Yes, we’re the Buccaneers 
That sail upon the sea. 


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“We’re the Gee Whiz boys 
That fear no noise, 
That fear no noise. 

Gee Whiz! 

We fear no noise.” 


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And Polly Squawk Came in on the 
chorus, “Gee Whizf 'Gee Whiz ! I 
am sorry for you Captain Ginger.” 


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Poor Captain Ginger! When he 
saw what a mix-up things were in, and 
ho w he had lost all the fun of going 
fishing with Father, just because 
of Captain Kydd, he flew into a 
dreadful rage. 


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He rushed at the little black goat 
with all his might, and the little black 
goat rushed at him, and they came 
together — plump ! — right in the 
middle of the deck. The goat and 
the small boy both sat down — hard. 


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“Gee Whiz! Gee Whiz!” yelled 
Polly Squawk from her cage. 

But Ginger just sat on the deck and 
dug his fists into his eyes and tried 
not to cry. 


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“If Grandma were here she would 
call me a little red pepper-pot,” he 
thought, “and Aunty Ow 1-Eyes 
wou Id tell me ‘ good little boys 
don’t h ave tantrums.’ ” 


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By and by he got up and began to 
pick up the fishing rods and the guns 
and all the things that Captain Kydd 
had upset. He filled his arms full, 
and dragged his load along as well as 
he could. 


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All the animals sat in a row with 
their heads on one side looking at 
him. But Captain Kydd wanted 
one more tumble with his little master, 
so he raced ’way off down the deck 
to get a good start. 


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Ginger saw him coming, but there 
wasn’t anything he could do; The 
little black kid came nearer and 
nearer. Ginger was scared, for he 
didn’t like being butted at all. 


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“That is right, go it Captain 
Kydd! Butt him again ! Gee Whiz! 
Gee Whiz!” screamed Polly Squawk. 


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Just then — in the very nick of 
time — out came good old Captain 
Brown and tripped the goat up with 
one foot, so that he tumbled head over 
heels, just the way he had tried to 
upset Captain Ginger. 

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At this Polly Squawk screamed 
more loudly than ever, “Gee Whiz! 
Gee Whiz! Gee Whiz!” 


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